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Faculty Bio
Education:
Anahuac University, Mexico City, Mexico, 1994, B Sc, Psychology
CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico City, Mexico, 1997, M Sc. Physiology
CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico City, Mexico, 2000, Ph D, Neurosciences
Post Graduate Training:
Postdoctoral fellow, Yerkes Primate Research Center, Emory University, Supervisors: Yoland Smith, Ph. D. and Thomas Wichmann, M.D.
Position:
2003 – Present Instructor, Dept Neurology and Yerkes Primate Research Center, Emory University
Publications:
Galvan, A. and Wichmann, T. (2008) Pathophysiology of Parkinsonism. Clin Neurophys. 119, 1459-1475
Galvan A. and Wichmann, T. (2007) GABAergic circuits in the Basal Ganglia and Movement Disorders. In “Progress in Brain Research, Vol 160, GABA and the Basal Ganglia: From Molecules to Systems” Tepper, J., Abercrombie, E. and Bolam, J.P. (eds.) Elsevier. PMID: 17499121
Galvan A, Kuwajima, M. and Smith, Y. (2006) Glutamate and GABA receptors and transporters in the basal ganglia: What does their subsynaptic localization reveal about their function? Neuroscience, 143, 351-375.
Galvan, A., Villalba, R. M., West, S. M., Maidment, N. T., Ackerson, L. C., Smith, Y. and Wichmann, T. (2005) GABAergic Modulation of the Activity of Globus Pallidus Neurons in Primates: In vivo Analysis of the Functions of GABA Receptors and GABA Transporters J Neurophysiol 94, 990-1000. PMID: 15829599
Galvan, A., Charara, A., Pare, J. F., Levey, A. I. and Smith, Y. (2004) Differential subcellular and subsynaptic distribution of GABAA and GABAB receptors in the monkey subthalamic nucleus. Neuroscience, 127, 709-721. PMID: 15283969
Charara A., Galvan A., Kuwajima M., Hall R. A., and Smith Y. (2004) An electron microscope immunocytochemical study of GABAB R2 receptors in the monkey basal ganglia: A comparative analysis with GABAB R1 receptor distribution. J Comp Neurol. 476, 65-79. PMID: 15236467
Galvan, A., Smith, Y. and Wichmann, T. (2003) Continuous monitoring of intracerebral glutamate levels in awake primates using microdialysis and enzyme fluorometric detection. J Neurosci. Methods 126(2):175-185. PMID: 12814842
Galvan, A., Floran, B., Erlij, D. and Aceves, J. (2001) Intrapallidal dopamine restores motor deficits induced by 6-hydroxydopamine in the rat. J Neural Transm 108(2):153-166. PMID: 11314770
Agmo, A., Galvan, A., Heredia A. and Morales M. (1995) Naloxone blocks the antianxiety but not the motor effects of benzodiazepines and pentobarbital: experimental studies and literature review. Psychopharm, 120:180-194. PMID: 8577808
Agmo, A., Galvan, A. and Talamantes, B. (1995) Reward and reinforcement produced by drinking sucrose: Two processes that may depend on different neurotransmitters. Pharmac, Biochem and Behav. 52(2):403-414. PMID: 7480551